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Training Activities of Twad Board

The training wing of TWAD Board is vested with the responsibilities of Planning,organizing and conducting raining courses on the Water Supply and Drainage sector for TWAD Board staff. A separate training wing has been established in TWAD Board in 1983 to train the Board staff.

The main Training Centre is situated at Chennai, Head Office and other 3 Training Sub Centres are situated at Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy. The aim of the Training Centres is to provide In-house training to all staff members working in TWAD Board (inclusive of technical and non-technical) in TWAD Board to equip,update & to act as a platform to horn the skills.

Induction and Orientation training programmes to the newly recruited staff at all levels from Assistant Engineers to Clerical level are being conducted to tone up and to sharpen their skills.

TWAD Board is also deputing Engineers to participate in Seminars, Expo & National/International level Conference conducted by premier Research institutions of Govt. / Recognized leading national and international institutions all over India.

Exploring the possibility of conducting training in tie up with Premier Institutions like IIT, Madras & Anna Institute of Management to upgrade Technical & Managerial skills using Application Softwares like Water Gem, Sewer Gem and STADD Pro.

Exposure visit to other Country to TWAD Engineers are also carried out under the Technical Co-operation Programme of the Government of Japan JICA thro’ GoI/GoTN.

Besides in-house training programmes, special technical training programmes to other State PHE Departments were also conducted with deposit to TWAD Board to

Engineers of Orissa Water Supply & Sewerage Board during April 2017.

Engineers of PHE Dept. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar during July 2017.

Engineers of PHE Dept. of Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar during July 2017.

TWAD Board has been identified & recognized as Key Resource Centre (KRC) by Govt.of India, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation. Training Programmes are also being conducted with GoI fund.

In addition to the above, Training has also been arranged to the officials (IAS Probationers, Pro Deputy Collectors, Under Secretary to Government & Section Officers) deputed by Govt. of Tamil Nadu to undergo the “Compulsory Training in Heads of Departments & District Training Programmes“.

Apart from the above, Officers are also deputed to various Training Programmes, Symposium and Seminars conducted by other Organizations as detailed below:

Anna Institute of Management, Chennai.

Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat.

National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad.

Auroville Consulting , Auroville

Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

National Academy of Human Resource Development, New Delhi

Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad

National Council for Cement and Building Materials, Hyderabad, Haryana

Gujarat Jalseva Training Institute, Gujarat

Kerala Water Authority, Trivandrum

Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL)

Indian Institute of Human settlements (IIHS), Bangalore

Training Methodology

Depending on the requirements of the programme, the participants are provided with a combination of theoretical and practical inputs. The following methodologies are used for training:

Class room lectures.

Audio-Visual presentation.

Case studies.

Field visits.

Group discussions.

Training-Infrastructure

The Training Centres of TWAD are equipped with Air conditioned Lecture halls with a seating capacity of 35,Computers with internet facilities,LCD Projector & Over Head projector with A.V facilities.

CMWSS Board.

PWD.

Anna University, Chennai.

Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Chennai.

Madras University, Chennai.

Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai.

Structural Engineering Research Institute, Chennai.

GCT, Coimbatore.

CIT, Coimbatore.

Thiyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.

National Institute of Technology, Trichy.

Anna Institute of Management, State Resource Centre.

Gandhigram Rural Institute, SIRD etc.

Apart from the above, retired Engineers from TWAD, CMWSS Board, PWD and other Engineers engaged in Private consultancy service are also invited to deliver lectures.

Library

A Library is functioning at IV floor of TWAD House, attached to the Training Centre and about 2300 Technical, Management, Computer, Law and ISI books.Technical Journals, Course material of various training programmes conducted by TWAD Board, Workshop proceedings etc., are available in the Library for reference.